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SUMMARY:Argo Reading Series : Love Fest
DESCRIPTION:Argo Reading Series : Love Fest\nEmily Tristan Jones\, Ilona Martonfi\, Kate Lavut\, Mark Foss\,\nRobert Winters\, Shaheen Munir (music)\, Jeremy Klughaupt\,\nStephanie Roy\, Robert Martin Evans\, Mike Di Sclafani\, Viorika Aresteanu \nArgo Bookshop\n1915 Ste. Catherine St. West\nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ Hosted with Moti Lieberman \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nThursday\, February 6\, 2020 7 PM-9 PM\nAt the door $6 \nAn Evening of Verse\, Prose & Song \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-reading-series-love-fest/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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SUMMARY:Listening for Labour: Feminist Close Listening in the Literary Audio Archive - a talk by Karis Shearer and Deanna Fong
DESCRIPTION:What kinds of labour are visible in historical accounts of literary communities? What kinds of labour are audible? Drawing on collaborative research with Deanna Fong on archival recordings from the SoundBox Collection held at the the University of British Columbia (Okanagan campus)\, this talk interrogates how attending to the medium of sound recording can remap history by citing gendered affective labour as an important foundation to collectivity and community. In its account of that labour\, the talk outlines and reflects on a practice Fong and Shearer have termed “feminist close listening.”
URL:https://qwf.org/event/listening-for-labour-feminist-close-listening-in-the-literary-audio-archive-a-talk-by-karis-shearer-and-deanna-fong/
LOCATION:Peel 3487\, 2nd floor\, IGSF seminar room\, IGSF Seminar Room\, 3487 Peel\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 1W7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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SUMMARY:Gay Reads Book Club: In the Dream House
DESCRIPTION:Join the Gay Reads book club to discuss classic and contemporary literature by LGBTQ2IA+ authors. We’ll read across genres to uncover queer sensibilities\, alternative canons\, and exciting new voices. The club meets every two months at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly with host Kathleen Fraser\, and is open to all. \nAt our next meeting February 4th\, at 7 PM\, we’ll discuss Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House. \n**We offer a 20% discount on In the Dream House from now until the meeting date.** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated. \n/////////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE BOOK\nIn the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad\, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman\, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. \nAnd it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope–haunted houses\, erotica\, bildungsroman–in which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence\, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian\, and widens the view with essayistic explorations about the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. \nMachado’s dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit\, playfulness\, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings\, Star Trek and Disney villains\, fairy tales\, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching\, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/gay-reads-book-club-in-the-dream-house/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:The Page with Ears Open – A Spoken Word Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the creation of literature and orature using mystical\, poetic and neo-futurist tools. Write fresh autobiographical work and perform it using the voice and body as instruments of stardom in space. Ideal for extroverted introverts and writers who can’t sit still\, all experience levels welcome. Skills sharpened here can be applied to any professional setting—in the arts or beyond. Requirements: pen and paper or laptop\, relaxed clothing. \nParticipants are encouraged to attend the critical talk and performance\, “Bodies in Lyric” on Friday\, January 31 as part of the workshop experience. It will provide ideas and examples for Saturday’s work. \nWorkshop leader Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Canadian writer and performer from Tiotià:ke/Montreal. She has presented spoken word in over a dozen countries\, released four studio albums and two videopoems\, and is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word residency. In addition to work in journals and anthologies\, her two published poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018). She moonlights as a whirling dervish. mothertonguemedia.com \nAdvance registration required: elise.m@videotron.ca. \nThis event takes place on traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.\nGenerously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund\, Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-page-with-ears-open-a-spoken-word-workshop/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Shut Up and Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do at the Atwater Library. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-and-write-with-qwf/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Series,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T210000
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SUMMARY:Genji Book Club - Intro
DESCRIPTION:The Tale of Genji\, written by Murasaki Shikibu around the year 1000\, is often considered the world’s first novel. Her story of the Shining Prince of the Imperial Court and his life\, culture\, and relationships with women\, has stood the test of time and form an important piece of the foundation of Japanese literature. \nFor 2020\, the Japan Book Club\, presented in collaboration with the Argo and JETAA Q/A\, is meeting monthly to discuss this important and still lively work. You can read the complete Tale of Genji in any of its English translations\, by Arthur Waley\, Edward Seidensticker\, Royall Tyler\, or Dennis Washburn; we have all of them available for sale in the store. \nIn our first edition\, before we dive into the text\, our group leader will discuss the aesthetics\, mores\, and context of the Heian period\, to provide context for the story ahead. Please join us for this trip through a historic yet timeless tale!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/genji-book-club-intro/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T200000
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SUMMARY:Young Readers Book Club: Artemis Fowl
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Young Readers book club\, hosted by Caleb Turner. January’s pick is Artemis Fowl. Pizza will be served. All attendees must have the assigned book\, or one book in the assigned series. \nThis is a book club for young readers\, with a median age of 10-12 or fifth\, sixth and sec 1 grades. Younger kids are welcome if the book is appropriate\, but not younger than 8-9\, please. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide tweens a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. Please note we do not have the space to have parents and kids! \n***We are offering a 20% discount on Artemis Fowl from now until the meeting date!*** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/young-readers-book-club-artemis-fowl/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200131T160000
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SUMMARY:Bodies in Lyric with Tanya Evanson
DESCRIPTION:Oral poetry\, storytelling\, monologue\, slam and experimental sound performance remain at the fringes of the literary world–largely because they lack a critical framework. This talk will examine some current states in spoken word and look at the work of three Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based artists: Kaie Kellough\, Moe Clark and Cat Kidd. \nWe round it all out with a live performance featuring Tanya Evanson on vocals\, Jahsun on percussion and Jean-Michel Frédéric on keys. A co-presentation of Spoken Web\, the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, and the Atwater Poetry Project. \n  \nJanuary 31st\, 4-6 p.m. @ 4TH SPACE\, Concordia University
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bodies-in-lyric-with-tanya-evanson/
LOCATION:4th SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Performance,Slam
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SUMMARY:Bodies in Lyric – Tanya Evanson on Spoken Word @ 4th SPACE
DESCRIPTION:Oral poetry\, storytelling\, monologue\, slam and experimental sound performance remain at the fringes of the literary world–largely because they lack a critical framework. \nThis talk by Tanya Evanson will examine some current states in spoken word and look at the work of three Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based artists: Kaie Kellough\, Moe Clark and Cat Kidd. We round it all out with a live performance featuring Tanya Evanson on vocals\, Jahsun on percussion and Jean-Michel Frédéric on keys. A co-presentation of the Atwater Writers Exhibition\, SpokenWeb\, and the Atwater Poetry Project. \nThis event is a sister to The Page with Ears Open — a Spoken Word Workshop on Saturday\, Feb. 1.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/bodies-in-lyric-tanya-evanson-on-spoken-word-4th-space/
LOCATION:4th SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Slam
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Club with Author Su J. Sokol
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the latest iteration of our Book Club with the Author\, where a local Montreal author joins us to discuss their book! This time\, we’ll be discussing Run J Run by author Su J Sokol. As with all our book clubs\, we recommend reading the book in advance\, but you are welcome to attend as long as you are all right with spoilers. \nAbout the book:\nJeremy\, a high school English teacher coming to grips with a shattered marriage and haunted by the brother he lost\, unexpectedly falls in love with his best friend\, Zak. Attractive\, wildly unconventional\, and happy in an open relationship with his partner Annie\, Zak seems to embody everything missing from Jeremy’s life\, but when the arrest and death of a marginalized student at the Brooklyn high school where they both teach trigger Zak’s mental breakdown and slow descent\, Jeremy and Annie are compelled to cross boundaries\, both external and internal\, in a desperate attempt to save him. \nAbout the author:\nSu J. Sokol is a social rights activist and a writer of speculative\, liminal and interstitial fiction. Originally from Brooklyn\, she now makes Montréal her home. Her short fiction has appeared in The Future Fire\, Spark: A Creative Anthology\, TFFX 10th Anniversary Anthology\, Glittership: an LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Podcast\, Glittership: Year One anthology\, and After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery. \nHer debut novel\, Cycling to Asylum\, was longlisted for the Sunburst for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic\, and has been optioned for a feature-length film.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/book-club-with-author-su-j-sokol/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp
DESCRIPTION:  \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Jeramy Dodds\, Carmelita McGrath\, Derek Webster\nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\n• Toutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\n• La poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\n• Le poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nFREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Jeramy Dodds\, Carmelita McGrath\, Derek Webster\nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\n• Each audience member receives a copy of the poems\n• Poet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\n• Poet reads poem a final time \nBring a friend and get a book! Visit our Facebook page for details and other events.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-4/
LOCATION:Cafe Shaika\, 5526 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H4A 1W2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
DESCRIPTION:The New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn and Quarterly staff members. The book club meetings take place every 4-6 weeks\, and are open to all. \nFor our JANUARY meeting\, we will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss THE TOPEKA SCHOOL\, by Ben Lerner. The evening will be hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly’s own Saelan Twerdy. \nJoin us for discussion and drinks! \n**We offer a 20% discount on THE TOPEKA SCHOOL by Ben Lerner from now until the meeting date.** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated. \n//////////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE BOOK\nFrom the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station\, a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the century\, hailed by Maggie Nelson as Ben Lerner’s “most discerning\, ambitious\, innovative\, and timely novel to date.” \nAdam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School\, class of ’97. His mother\, Jane\, is a famous feminist author; his father\, Jonathan\, is an expert at getting “lost boys” to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater\, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids\, ready to fight or\, better\, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak. Adam is also one of the seniors who bring the loner Darren Eberheart–who is\, unbeknownst to Adam\, his father’s patient–into the social scene\, to disastrous effect. \nDeftly shifting perspectives and time periods\, The Topeka School is the story of a family\, its struggles and its strengths: Jane’s reckoning with the legacy of an abusive father\, Jonathan’s marital transgressions\, the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a riveting prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech\, the trolls and tyrants of the New Right\, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-the-topeka-school-by-ben-lerner/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T213000
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SUMMARY:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Visual Arts Centre Reading Series Tuesday\, January 28\, 2020\nRhonda Mullins\, Ilona Martonfi\, Rana Bose\,\nTommy Schnurmacher\, Andrea Lake (music)\,\nDevon Gallant\, Jason Santerre\, Willow Loveday Little\,\nMike Di Sclafani\, Alejandro Saravia \n350 Victoria Avenue\, Westmount\nwww.visualartscentre.ca \nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi\nilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca\nco-hosted with Mike Di Sclafani \nDoors 7 PM Readings 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM\nAt the door $6 \nAn Evening of Poetry & Prose & Music \n 
URL:https://qwf.org/event/visual-arts-centre-reading-series-5/
LOCATION:Visual Arts Centre\, 350 Avenue Victoria\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 2N4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200128T210000
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Literatures Book Club: ʔbédayine
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Literatures Book Club focuses on work by indigenous writers from around the world. Hosted by Tara McGowan-Ross\, a Mi’kmaq multidisciplinary artist and writer\, the meetings will take place every 4-6 weeks and are open to all. \nFor our January meeting\, we will gather at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 pm to discuss ʔBédayine by Kaitlyn Purcell. \nʔBÉDAYINE\nIn Edmonton\, Ronnie learns what it is to be a young Indigenous woman\, almost-alone in the city; unable to hear herself over its noise\, see through the glare of its lights to find the ground beneath her feet. Stories of addiction\, self-discovery\, and the love of a good friend come together to form ʔbédayine\, Kaitlyn Purcell’s breathtaking debut. \n**We offer a 20% discount on ʔBédayine from now until the meeting date.** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/indigenous-literatures-book-club-%ca%94bedayine/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200123T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Matters with christian favreau\, M.W. Jaeggle\, & Rebecca Salazar
DESCRIPTION:Please join Poetry Matters for an evening with poets christian favreau\, M.W. Jaeggle\, and Rebecca Salazar\, exploring questions of trauma\, grief\, healing\, and gratitude.\n\n\n—\n\nWhen: Thursday\, January 23\, 7pm-9pm\nWhere: Anticafé Vieux-Port\, 406 Notre-Dame St. East\, Montreal\, Quebec H2Y 1C8\n\n\n\n\nHow can wellness be imagined for and by survivors of ongoing\, intersectional trauma? Addressing trauma as experienced by individual\, chronically ill bodies and on an ecological scale\, these poems turn to secular ritual and magic as ethical structures that may permit healing to coexist and engage politically with complex harms.\n\n\n\nRebecca Salazar (she/they) is the author of the knife that justifies the wound (Rahila’s Ghost) and Guzzle (Anstruther Press)\, a poetry editor for The Fiddlehead and Plenitude magazines\, and a PhD candidate living on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq peoples.\n\n\n\nYou think that because you understand “one” that you must therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand “and.”—Sufi parable\n\nFor far too long we have othered nature; the distinction between humans and the land has only bolstered illusions of authority and hierarchy. If\, as Phyllis Webb suggested\, poetry cannot change the world\, it can change individual consciousness—starting with the poet’s—in efforts to understand the “and” between “one” and “one.” This reading explores ecological grief\, the responsibility of connection\, and gratitude.\n\n\nchristian favreau is a poet and activist living in Montréal (Tiohtiá:ke). His work has appeared in The McGill Daily Literary Supplement and Vallum. His forthcoming book of poetry with JackPine Press will be available in late 2020.\n\n\n\n\n\nIn “Talking to Grief\,” poet Denise Levertov depicts grief as a stray dog desiring the companionship of the speaker—suggesting that taking ownership of grief transforms both the emotion and those experiencing it. In dialogue with Levertov\, Jaeggle’s Night of the Crash\, a sequence of poems on the death of the narrator’s son\, proposes that wellness is only antithetical to grief when grief is denied its history.\n\n\n\nM.W. Jaeggle’s poetry has appeared in The Antigonish Review\, Contemporary Verse 2\, The Dalhousie Review\, Vallum\, The Veg\, and elsewhere. He is author of two chapbooks\, Janus on the Pacific and The Night of the Crash. While pursuing an MA at McGill\, Mike served as Poetry Editor at Scrivener Creative Review and was awarded the Mona Adilman Prize in poetry. Currently Poetry Editor at Montreal Writes\, he lives in Vancouver.\n\n\n\n—\nFor further information on Poetry Matters\, please see https://www.mcgill.ca/poetrymatters/\n\nSuggestions for upcoming sessions very welcome – and please spread the word to any others who might be interested.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/poetry-matters-with-christian-favreau-m-w-jaeggle-rebecca-salazar/
LOCATION:Anticafé Vieux-Port\, 406 rue Notre-Dame E\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2Y 1C8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200123T133000
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SUMMARY:Tommy Schnurmacher - Atwater Library Lunchtime Series
DESCRIPTION:For the Atwater Library Lunchtime Series\, veteran CJAD broadcaster Tommy Schnurmacher discusses his memoir Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved My Mother’s Life.  The book tells the story of how his Jewish mother got two top Nazis to save her life and the powerful impact that had on their relationship. \nWith Q&A and discussion.  Coffee and biscuits served.\nCopies of the book will be on sale.\nFREE.  Donations welcome. \nAtwater Library\, 1200 Atwater Ave. at Ste-Catherine (métro Atwater).  514-935-7344.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-library-lunchtime-series/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191213T194654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191213T194654Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Robertson Launches The Baudelaire Fractal
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Montreal launch of The Baudelaire Fractal\, the debut novel from acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson! \nTHE BAUDELAIRE FRACTAL\nA debut novel by acclaimed poet Lisa Robertson\, in which a poet realizes she has written the works of Baudelaire. One morning\, the poet Hazel Brown wakes up in a strange hotel room to find that she’s written the complete works of Charles Baudelaire. Surprising as this may be\, it’s no more surprising to Brown than the impossible journey she’s taken to become the writer that she is. Animated by the spirit of the poète maudit\, she shuttles between London\, Vancouver\, Paris\, and the French countryside\, moving fluidly between the early 1980s and the present\, from rented room to rented room\, all the while considering such Baudelairian obsessions as modernity\, poverty\, and the perfect jacket. .. Part memoir\, part magical realism\, part hilarious trash-talking take on contemporary art and the poet’s life\, The Baudelaire Fractal is the long-awaited debut novel by the inimitable Lisa Robertson. \nLISA ROBERTSON\nPoet and essayist Lisa Robertson has held residencies at the California College of the Arts\, Cambridge University; University of California\, Berkeley; UC San Diego; and American University of Paris. Her books include Cinema of the Present\, Debbie: An Epic (nominated for the Governor General’s Award in Canada)\, The Men\, The Weather\, R’s Boat (poetry) and Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture (essays). Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip (Coach House) was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010\, and was longlisted for the 2011 Warwick Prize for Writing. She currently lives in France.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/lisa-robertson-launches-the-baudelaire-fractal/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191213T195303Z
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SUMMARY:Strange Futures Book Club: The Fifth Season
DESCRIPTION:The Strange Futures book club focuses on sci-fi and speculative fiction by QT/BIPOC writers. “Strange Futures” speaks to the unknown worlds that are to come–but also to the strangeness that is ascribed to marginalized voices\, and how such strangeness can actually be generative\, challenging\, discomforting\, and revolutionary. Hosted by Helen Chau Bradley\, the book club meetings take place every two months\, and are open to the public. \nOn Tuesday\, January 21st we’ll assemble at the Petite Librairie Drawn + Quarterly (176 Bernard O.) at 7 PM to talk about N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season. Join us for discussion and drinks! \n**We offer a 20% discount on The Fifth Season from now until the meeting date.** \n*By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.* \n/////////////////////////////////////// \nTHE FIFTH SEASON\nThis is the way the world ends…for the last time. \nIt starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world’s sole continent\, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death\, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal\, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. \nThis is the Stillness\, a land long familiar with catastrophe\, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/strange-futures-book-club-the-fifth-season/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200120T210000
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CREATED:20191213T200136Z
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SUMMARY:True Reads Book Club: How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
DESCRIPTION:Come discuss the most interesting books in new Non-Fiction with our True Reads book club! Happening every 4-6 weeks hosted by Librairie Drawn & Quarterly staff. \nFor our JANUARY meeting\, we’ll be reading HOW TO DO NOTHING by Jenny Odell. The book club will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard Ouest at 7pm. This month’s meeting is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly Children’s Coordinator Kennedy Rooke. Join us for discussion and drinks! \n**We offer a 20% discount on HOW TO DO NOTHING by Jenny Odell from now until the meeting date.* \nABOUT THE BOOK\n“A complex\, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual\, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto.”—Jonah Engel Bromwich\, The New York Times Book Review \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nSo argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention\, she writes\, we can undertake bolder forms of political action\, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment\, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. \nFar from the simple anti-technology screed\, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often\, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative\, timely\, and utterly persuasive\, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent. \n*By purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.*
URL:https://qwf.org/event/true-reads-book-club-how-to-do-nothing-by-jenny-odell/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200120T203000
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SUMMARY:Make Friends with the Mic: Literary Events 101
DESCRIPTION:Make Friends with the Mic: Literary Events 101 \nMonday January 20th\, 6-8:30 PM\nEspace Pop\, 5585 Ave. du Parc \nDoes giving a reading fill you with anxiety? Do you fear having to adjust a mic stand? Do you want your literary events to run smoothly and drama-free? If so\, this workshop is for you! Led by experienced sound technician and voice teacher Pamela Hart\, the hands-on session will teach you how to improve your reading skills and overcome common problems at live events\, in a supportive and low-pressure environment. \nYou’ll learn: \n-mic technique\, mic stand placement and adjustment\n-breath control\, projection and other tips for live readings\n-how to run a basic sound setup\n-technical troubleshooting \nThis workshop is recommended for: \n-Writers who want to get better at giving live readings\n-Anyone who hosts literary events\, panel discussions\, or live interviews \nWorkshop limited to 20 people. Please come with something to read—it doesn’t have to be your own work\, just something you can practice with. \nPamela Hart is an audio engineer and vocalist.  She has worked in live sound\, recording\, education\, installation and radio in her audio field\, and is currently working in audiobooks.  She is a performing and recording vocalist\, most recently singing in Mich Cota’s Algonquin opera Wàsakozi. She is the founder and co-director of Montreal’s Forever Chorus.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/make-friends-with-the-mic-literary-events-101/
LOCATION:Espace Pop\, 5585 ave du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2V 4S8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200119T210000
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SUMMARY:Familiar Constellations Reading
DESCRIPTION:“Familiar Constellations\,” will be held at Galerie du Viaduc (5806 blvd. St. Laurent\, in Mile End) this coming Sunday\, January 19th\, at 7 pm. Nine poets will be reading\, and there will be drinks and snacks to share.Poster final Familiar Constellations[1]
URL:https://qwf.org/event/familiar-constellations-reading/
LOCATION:Galerie du Viaduc\, 5806 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, Qc\, H2T 1T3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200118T123000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191211T193037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T001513Z
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SUMMARY:Shut Up & Write! with QWF
DESCRIPTION:  \nLooking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do at the Atwater Library. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/shut-up-write-with-qwf/
LOCATION:Atwater Library and Computer Centre\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191213T200515Z
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SUMMARY:Kai Cheng Thom Launches I Hope We Choose Love
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Montreal launch of Kai Cheng Thom’s I Hope We Choose Love! \nI HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE\nWhat can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? \nIn a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems\, blending the confessional\, political\, and literary\, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. With the author’s characteristic eloquence and honesty\, I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence\, complicity\, family\, vengeance\, and forgiveness. Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha\, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization\, for healing in a time of justice\, and for love in an apocalypse. \nKAI CHENG THOM is a writer\, performer\, and community healer based in Toronto\, Treaty 13 territory. She is the winner of the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LBGT Writers and a two-time Lambda Literary nominee. She has published widely\, including the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: a Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir\, a poetry collection a place called No Homeland\, and children’s book From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/kai-cheng-thom-launches-i-hope-we-choose-love/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T210000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic #14 @ Argo
DESCRIPTION:It’s your time to shine! We’ll be hosting our fourteenth open mic night since our reopening. Come share stories\, poetry\, music\, or whatever suits your fancy! \nLet us know you’re planning to come at events@argobookshop.ca – we try to accommodate walk-ins\, but if you want to be sure of a spot\, please let us know in advance. \nBut you can also take your chances coming the day of to lay it on us!\nSee you there.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/open-mic-14-argo/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191213T201108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191213T201108Z
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SUMMARY:Eloisa Aquino launches The Life & Times of Butch Dykes
DESCRIPTION:Come meet Eloisa Aquino and learn about the history behind the zine series\, The Life and Times of Butch Dykes. There will be a short talk followed by a Q&A session. \nTHE LIFE & TIMES OF BUTCH DYKES is a compilation of zines published by Eloisa over the past decade. With drawings\, stories\, and quotations showing the great contributions as well as little\, human details about their lives\, it’s perfect for people of all genders seeking role models or to learn or teach history through its unsung heroes. \nELOISA AQUINO is a Brazilian-Canadian artist and zinester who lives and works in Montreal\, where she runs the micro-press B&D Press. She was born in São Paulo (Brazil)\, where she made zines and worked as a journalist and translator\, and moved to Montreal in order to pursue a Master’s in Media Studies. Eloisa’s work is focused in non-fictional illustrated narratives on queer topics\, especially stories and histories at the margins.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/eloisa-aquino-launches-the-life-times-of-butch-dykes/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T200000
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: The Hard Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Each month we host a Graphic Novel Book Club\, open to all\, during which we hang out and informally discuss a featured graphic novel. Our pick for January is THE HARD TOMORROW by Eleanor Davis. \nWe will meet at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (176 Rue Bernard Ouest) on Wednesday\, January 15th at 7 p.m. Join us for refreshments and collective insights! \nABOUT:\nHannah is a thirty-something wife\, home-health worker\, and antiwar activist. Her husband\, Johnny\, is a stay-at-home pothead working—or “working”—on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. They’re currently living and screwing in the back of a truck\, hoping for a pregnancy\, which seems like it will never come. Legs in the air\, for a better chance at conception\, Hannah scans fertility Reddits while Johnny dreams about propagating plants—kale\, tomatoes—to ensure they have sufficient sustenance should the end times come\, which\, given their fragile democracy strained under the weight of a carceral state and the risk of horrible war\, doesn’t seem so far off. Helping Hannah in her fight for the future is her best friend Gabby\, a queer naturalist she idolizes and who adores her. Helping Johnny build the house is Tyler\, an off-the-grid conspiracy theorist driven sick by his own cloudy notions of reality. \nTold with tenderness and care in an undefined near future\, Eleanor Davis’s The Hard Tomorrow blazes unrestrained\, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Her astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question: What will happen after tomorrow? \n***We are offering a 20% discount on THE HARD TOMORROW from now until the meeting date!*** \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support free events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. You also get to take advantage of a great discount! Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-the-hard-tomorrow/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200110T200000
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday January 10th at 6 pm to discuss Morgan Parker’s debut YA novel Who Put This Song On? at our Teen Book Club hosted by Gigi Devlin. Pizza will be served. All attendees must have the assigned book\, or one book in the assigned series. \nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5–all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \n***We are offering a 20% discount on WHO PUT THIS SONG ON? from now until the meeting date!***
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-who-put-this-song-on-by-morgan-parker/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20200107T220119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T220119Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Foresight - What's on at Argo?
DESCRIPTION:Have your eye on the calendar for what exciting books might be coming out in 2020? Come join us here at the Argo for a look at some of the work that’s slated to be released this year. \nFind out some of the things that we’re excited about sharing with you\, and share titles that you’re interested in! Beat back the cold with some good book discussion to kick off the new year. Snacks will be provided as well!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/2020-foresight-whats-on-at-argo/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1841A Ste-Catherine St. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191229T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191229T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191211T164635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T164635Z
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SUMMARY:Chanukah Storytime and Activity!
DESCRIPTION:Join us at La Petite Librairie D+Q on Sunday December 29th at 11 am for a Chanukah storytime followed by an activity in which kids are invited to make their own dreidel pencil topper! \nThis event is free and open to all.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/chanukah-storytime-and-activity/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, 176 Bernard West\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T2K2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T005731
CREATED:20191015T152752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191015T152752Z
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SUMMARY:Argo Reading Series: Solstice Fest
DESCRIPTION:Argo Reading Series: Solstice Fest\nGeneviève Lacombe\, Ilona Martonfi\, Gloria Macher\,\nBrian Campbell\, Mike Di Sclafani\, Danielle Wong\,\nR.M. Cutler\, Mark Foss\, Marc-Alexandre Chan\,\nColleen Gray\, Harry Rajchgot \nArgo Bookshop 1915 Ste. Catherine St. West \nhttps://www.argobookshop.ca/ Hosted with Moti Lieberman\nArtistic Director Ilona Martonfi ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca \nThursday\, December 19\, 2019 7 PM-9 PM at the door $6 \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\,\nand the League of Canadian Poets.” \nFACEBOOK EVENT\nDec 19\nTHU\nArgo Reading Series : Solstice Fest
URL:https://qwf.org/event/argo-reading-series-solstice-fest/
LOCATION:Argo Bookshop\, 1915 Ste. Catherine Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec H3H 1M3\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance,Series
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